North Country At Work

Men posing in front of the feed mill located on County Route 17. Circa 1920s-1930s. Old De Kalb, NY.

Borden’s milk plant featuring two large ice houses (the two large buildings to the right) to store ice to keep milk cold. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Borden’s milk plant featuring two large ice houses (the two large buildings to the right) to store ice to keep milk cold. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Floyd Powell stands in the Powell Feed Mill. The chute above his head was used for filling bags of grain, and the Fairbanks Scale on the left is designed specifically for weighing grain. Today the Powell Feed Mill is the commission sales barn in De Kalb Junction. Circa 1920s-1930s. De Kalb Junction, NY.

The work crew employed to construct some of the buildings for the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Circa 1900-1910. Natural Bridge, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the Carbola Chemical Company.

Miner operating an ore loader within the 600 foot mine of the Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant, which was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, Carbola […]

Aerial view of the Carbola Plant, showing the talc mill and other buildings. The Carbola Chemical Company Mine and Plant was located in the village of Natural Bridge in the Town of Diana, Lewis County. Mining of talc occurred at this site from 1900 to the 1970s, under management of the St. Lawrence Talc Company, […]

Portrait of workers at the Ingrahams Sawmill, standing on a railroad track in front of stacked lumber. Note two youngsters on  the left. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville.

Aerial view of the Jones & Laughlin Ore Company in Benson Mines, NY. Circa 1950s. Near Star Lake, NY. By photographer Dwight Church of Canton, NY. Circa 1950.

Exterior shot of the International Paper Company in Harrisville, NY. Note the four tall smokestacks (which were connected to four steam engines in the brick boiler room) and the booms used to hold logs that had been floated down the river. Making walls in this manner was called “cribbing.” 1901. Harrisville, NY.